Cornell’s Bush Delicata is the name of the ellipse-shaped, ivory-skinned winter squash we grew this year in the garden at House of Blues. These handsome vegetables have a velvety, golden interior. Leave the squash whole and pierce it with a fork in about six places. I mircrowaved the squash on “High” for about seven minutes, cut it in half length-wise, and added a little butter and salt. Serves two.
Our friend Jim sent this today:Â “‘You have a solemn obligation to take care of yourself because you never know when the world will need you.’ –Rabbi Hillel.”
And I would add that if we don’t take care of ourselves then everything our mothers and fathers and heaven and God and the universe did in getting us here in the first place and loving us and educating us and putting up with us and seeing the best in us and investing in us and giving us a kick in the pants when we needed it is wasted. And all the entertainments they made to delight us and help us over the rough spots, sunsets and sparkling days and deer and raccoons, lemon pies, and homemade biscuits, are wasted. So I say we’d better take care of ourselves. And I would add that with all the problems remaining to be solved, there is no doubt the world needs us.
This is a simple dessert made with pantry ingredients and the fruit of your backyard rhubarb plant.
Filling:
- 4 cups rhubarb pieces (1/2 inch slices)
- 1 1/3 cups white sugar
- 6 T flour
- 1 T butter
Topping:
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup butter
Place the rhubarb in a large bowl. Measure the other ingredients for the filling into a separate bowl and rub or cut in the butter. Stir into the rhubarb until well mixed and place in a 10-inch pie dish. In a separate bowl measure and cut in the topping ingredients. Pat the topping down over the filling. Bake the crumble at 375 dregrees f. until golden and bubbly.
French Breakfast
Expected germination: 5-7 days
Expected harvest: 23 days
12 seeds
09/03: Planted 1 per cell in 12 cells.
09/15: Planted out 12 seedlings.
10/12: Started harvest. They’ve developed slowly but they’re full-sized, tasty, and not woody.
Parris Island
Expected germination: 7-10 days
Expected harvest: 60-70 days
12 seeds
09/03: Planted 1 per cell in 12 cells.
09/15: Some dampening off. Planted out 8 small seedlings.
09/22: Something has been nibbling baby lettuce nightly. Only 1 romaine (and 2 butter) remain whole.
Bibb / Limestone
Expected germination: 7-10 days
Expected harvest: 57 days
12 seeds
09/03: Planted 1 per cell in 12 cells.
09/15: Some dampening off. Planted out 5 small seedlings.
09/22: Something has been nibbling baby lettuce nightly. Only 2 butter (and 1 romaine) remain whole.
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